No its a sign that Mark Webber just hasn’t been good enough so far this season, although it seems a car problem has caused that in both cases, the third spring in Melbourne and the KERS in Kuala Lumpur.

I don’t think Webber’s lck of performance has anything to do with Red Bull favouring Vettel. I’ve never heard of a team favouring one driver so much that he ends up so far ahead of his team-mate as Vettel is.

Webber’s complaints about favouritism where with regards to emotional support given by senior consultants in the team.

Horner is not the top dog at the team, as there is always someone who reaches for his phone whenever something doesn’t go to plan. Horner’s relationship with Webber is pretty strong, Webber’s pit crew are all on his side.

I think Mark hasn’t had the start to the season he’s hoped for, which is made worse by Vettel being on a hot streak at the moment. Hopefully that commanding drive in Malaysia indicates that he’s returned to form.

Webber seems to always get the worse strategy than Vettel. In the Malaysian GP when they said Webber was going to stop 4 times and Vettel only 3 I was thinking that was the team favouring Vettel again.

I don’t think so. Vettel has always been a better driver than Mark but his immaturity and lack of experience over the last two seasons allowed them to fight in the championship. Now that Vettel has won the championship his confidence has rocketed through the roof and ever since Korea last year he’s been brilliantly level headed.

I’ve been super impressed by him so far this year and his ability to manage a race from the front. Webber is harder on his tyres than Vettel and the problems he’s had in the last two races have put him amongst the pack, which have exacerbated his tyre wear. He still drove a fantastic race yesterday and I’m sure there will be occasions this year when he beats Vettel.

Favouritism? No. Seb is simply a better driver, and would make a whole lot of sense if the team did start to focus on Vettel should the championship tighten up.

Of course Vettel is the favourite, it’s why Red Bull pursued their risky strategy last year which depended on Alonso making an error to give them the championship. It’s not what’s made him faster though.